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'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read publicly, 159 years later
Tallahassee Democrat· 7 days agoOn the steps of what is now the Knott House Museum, where the Emancipation Proclamation was first...
The 44 Percent: Florida’s Emancipation Day + Biden’s billion-dollar promise + A Black pioneer in...
Miami Herald via AOL· 3 days agoProclamation was first read in Tallahassee, officially freeing enslaved people in Florida. This...
National Archives' Historic Showcase of Emancipation Proclamation and Juneteenth Order in DC
Hoodline· 6 days agoThe Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declared ...
Jacksonville holds 4th annual celebration of Florida’s Emancipation Proclamation Day
WJAX via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Emancipation was proclaimed in Tallahassee, Florida, on May 20, 1865, 11 days after the end of the Civil War, and two years after the Proclamation was ...
Florida Emancipation Day again recognized in Gainesville at museum in Black community
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThat day is when enslaved Africans first learned of their freedom in Tallahassee, more than two...
Tallahassee celebrates Emancipation Day with bells, dramatic reading
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 7 days agoOn May 20, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation was first read on the steps of the Knott House by...
Local historian reflects on life of Salt Lake's Emancipation Day queen
KUTV Salt Lake City· 3 days agoIn 1898, 15-year-old Elnora Dudley was crowned Salt Lake City’s Emancipation Day Queen. Salt Lake’s...
MISTER LINCOLN, SISTER ACT & More Set for Ford's Theatre Society 2024-2025 Season
Broadway World· 6 days agoThe season lineup includes the beloved music-filled holiday production of Charles Dickens's A...
Culpeper NAACP to host Juneteenth celebration
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star· 6 days agoFirst celebrated in Texas, Juneteenth recognizes the emancipation of African American slaves by President Abraham Lincoln< ...
The history of Milwaukee's Juneteenth flag
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMilwaukee’s annual Juneteenth celebration is one of the country’s oldest. The red, white and blue flag is one of our 100 objects that make Milwaukee.